When I started to connect the dots in my attempt to solve the puzzle of what truly counts as my hobby, it wasn't really hard to make a list of those things. The list of things that counts as my hobby is very clear and that's mostly because I don't enjoy overcomplicating something that's meant to be 'simple'.
The first time I tried to come up with a list of things that count as a hobby must have been back in elementary school when I was often made to write an essay about my hobbies. I wouldn't like to have a look at any of the essays I wrote back then. Lol. The sentences I made must have been laughable.
To be fair, I wasn't the biggest fan of those exercises. However, the more I did that, the more it enabled me to be mindful of my lifestyle. It was an opportunity to think and I've been able to learn so much about me and the things that pique my interest.
Over the years, I've been able to learn so much about myself and the list of hobbies I have are;
I love Football
I enjoy TV shows
I enjoy the study of Philosophy, History & Humanities
What should I do with all these hobbies? Is there any chance of monetizing these?
That has always been a big question for me and I think it's never uncommon to be faced with questions like that, especially if you are open about the hobbies you have and enjoy. I never had a clear idea of how to monetize any of my hobbies until I started a new adventure in the content creation industry.
To some degree, I can now say that every hobby I mentioned above are somehow connected to the fact that I'm now a content creator and anyone that have come across my work a couple of time knows that I create content about these things and thanks to the stuff we all enjoy doing on Hive, I now monetize my hobby.
Talk about football... We have several communities on the blockchain where I can generate football-related content and also curate similar content. I may get a penny out of that, but a penny is still something, right? Yeah!
We also have some things on the side like HIveFPL, HiveNaijaFPL and the Women's World Cup prediction tournament. Each of these allows participants to earn extra quid while doing what they love.
As for TV shows, I enjoy a nicely made tv show and I can bum around while watching those without necessarily feeling like a bum. You wanna know why? That's because I review those TV shows and I earn some quid from that. Feel free to check out some of my previous TV show reviews and look forward to more.
Is it easy to monetize these hobbies?
I don't particularly think there is anything 'easy' about being in the content creation industry. Even if I'm only focused on generating short-form content on Leothreads, D.buzz and some Zapfic stuff, that still won't be an easy thing to do.
I mean, take Hive for an example. Y'all know the amount of effort it takes to grow your profile on the blockchain and you know how consistent you have to be to grow your stakes. Even when you write what you will tag as your best post, you can never be sure of what you can earn from that. So, nothing about being in this industry is easy.
However, who on earth is having it easy? I've already been in the space where I had to do work that didn't have anything to do with my passion and I didn't enjoy working in that industry. Yet, I did it until I got an opportunity to sorta monetize my hobby.
My point is that it's not easy to monetize my hobbies, but I'm always glad that I'm one of those that can monetize the things I'm passionate about.
Thanks For Not Missing Any Full-stop Or Comma.
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